Where does “ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈငူး” come from?

ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈငူး (Shan) comes from Shan ငူး, from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋuːᴬ⁴, from Proto-Tai ŋwɯːᴬ — snake.

ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈငူး (Shan): juggler, snake charmer

Definitions

  1. juggler, snake charmer

Ancestry of “ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈငူး”, step by step

ၵူၼ်းလဵၼ်ႈငူး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Shan ငူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanငူးsnake
2Proto-Southwestern Tai*ŋuːᴬ⁴—
3Proto-Taiŋwɯːᴬsnake

via Shan ၵူၼ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanၵူၼ်းhuman, human being, person, people
2Proto-Taiɢwɯnᴬhuman being, person; human; person; human being;...

via Shan လဵၼ်ႈ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shanလဵၼ်ႈ—
Every word from Proto-Tai ŋwɯːᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋuːᴬ⁴ →Every word from Shan ငူး →